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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known'that I, CHARLES F. SMITH, of Springfield, in the county of Hampden, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Implement for Cutting, Peri'orating, and Lighting Cigars;`

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference-being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specication, vand to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of'said implement.

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section through the line E F, iig. 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse verticalsection throughthe line G H, fig. 1.

Figure 4 is an elevation of a kerosene-burner, to be applied' to the implement in place of the gas-burner A, if desirable. I A

My invention consists of a hollow base, which serves as a passage for illuminating-gas supplied to it,`0r as a reservoir for kerosene, and which supports'a gas or oil-burner, a holder for containing cigar-lighters of paper, wood, Ste., and a compact cutting and performing-device. I l

The construction of my invention is asA follows: The hollow base yIB is made of thin metal, wrought in `an ornamental form, as shown, and air-tight, the only openings into the interior being at the threaded nipple,

and at the point where the burner A orAl is applied. Upon the upper face of the base, B, at one end, is placed the octagonal holder C, for containing any description oi' cigar-lighters, and this holder may be of any conformation desired.

At the opposite end of the upper face ofthe base is tightly fastened the socket a, which is similar in form and construction to the ordinary metallic top attached to glass lamps, and has a female-screw threadl cut upon it, to engage with the male-screw thread upon the lower part of the gas-burner A, or the kerosene-burner A', iig. 4. 'l

If gas is to be used in the implement, a flexible rubber tube, with stop-cock, attached to the nipple b, may be used to convey the gas from the service-pipe ofthe building, whence it will enter the hollow base, and supply the burner A.` If kerosene is to he used, the nipple b can be closed by the cap o', and the burner, A', applied tothe socket a, in place of'the gas-burner, in which case the hollow base furnishes an ample reservoir for the kerosene or any other oil which may be used. i

' As many persons are accustomed to eut away the tip of a cigar before lighting, or to perforate the same, or bothkto clip and perforate it, I attach to the implement' a device in which the cutting-blade and perfrator are made upon the same lever. This device consists of the standard D, which supports the plate I, and the lever d, to which are attached the cutter z' andthe peroratingpoint e. The'standard D is attached rmly to the base B, and is cast in vone piece with the plate I, of brass or other suitable metal. In the plate I is formed the conical opening g, `the rim g g, iig. 3, being added to aii'ord suiiioieut depth of socket to receive, the tapering end of the cigar from which the tip is to be cut.

For perforating, another similar conical socket, 7L, of. larger diameter than the opening y, and havingza rim, h', iig. 2, is formed in theplate I. p

The lever d turns upon the iulcrumf, which is screwed into the plate I. From the upper edge of this lever 4projects the curved. blade z' and the performing-point e. The relative position of the blade z' and the conical opening g is such that the sweep of the lever brings the blade over the'opening, in position to cut olf the tip of a cigar inserted in g In like manner, the movement of the lever causes the curved perforator e topass through the end of a cigar, which is inserted in the opening 1b. y

As'the lever is to be lifted for operating it, the handle c is curved downward, and a projection, c, upon the plate I, affords a rest for the thumb while the finger is engaged in drawing up the lever.

Byremoving the screw f, the lever can be withdrawn for sharpening the blade and perforator.

I am aware that cutters and perforators for cigars are inl common use, but I believe the arrangement of a cutting-blade and perforating-point vupon the same lever, in combination with the plate I, and sockets g and z therein, and projection 7c, thewhole supported upon the standard 1),. to be novel, and useful'i'or the purpose specified;v Vand that the coinbn'aticn of `the hollow base B, holder c, cutting and performing-device, und lighting-` apparatus for gas or oil, constitutes a. new and valuable implement, to be used in all the numerous places where v cigars are kept for sale.V

It is evident that'the shape or formof the baise, B, may he variecl to suit the taste, and I do not wish to limit myself to the form shown, or to y:my particular form.

Having described my'invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,A is- As a. new article of manufacture, tlieestand B, with matchbox C, burner A, :tml cutting-device D I d, the whole constructed und arrenged substantially as and for the purposes set'forth.

`Witness my hund, this fourteenthdny of December, A.. D. 1867: I 4

I OHAS. F. SMITH.

Witnesses:

J. P. BUCKLAND, N. B. SMITH. 

